By Joe Orton Directed by Katie Leckey “Has anybody ever hidden money in a coffin?” York Settlement Community Players are proud to present Joe Orton’s Loot. A masterfully scandalous, free-wheeling and ferocious farce about life’s ultimate taboo…death. Content guidance Joe Orton wrote Loot in 1965, and the script is deliberately controversial and thought-provoking – tackling...
By Steve Martin Directed by Natalie Roe Paris. 1904. Wine o'clock. On a not-so ordinary evening at the Lapin Agile, Montmartre’s iconic cabaret bar favoured by struggling artists, anarchists and intellectuals alike, two soon-to-be legends find themselves sitting next to each other. It turns out Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein, with egos as big as...
By Sally Mitcham Directed by Simon Copper “I don’t normally off-load on strangers. It’s just been a really bad morning.” In a children’s soft play that has seen better days, two strangers strike up conversation. Cora and John have a lot in common – young kids, relationships that have ended messily, a love of The Shawshank...